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Maryland baseball coach John Szefc has insisted ahead of the team's first NCAA Super Regional appearance Saturday in Virginia that his squad is comfortable and loose, despite having entered the year with no postseason experience. It certainly helps that his squad is traveling to the familiar Davenport Field, home of Atlantic Coast Conference rival Virginia. "It's kind of a cool way to leave the ACC, playing them one last time," said junior outfielder Charlie White, who was named the most outstanding player of last weekend's Columbia, S.C., regional. "I've been to Davenport Field quite a bit … and it's a great environment. We're...

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Maryland baseball coach John Szefc has insisted ahead of the team's first NCAA Super Regional appearance Saturday in Virginia that his squad is comfortable and loose, despite having entered the year with no postseason experience.
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